Re: Re: Name of this fern?

Hello Larry,
    My first guess at looking at your photo was that this is a Dryopteris
and was most reminiscient of Dryopteris dilatata or one in that group.  Your
photot didin't quite provide the small detials that help a grower sort
sporlings apart.  Even at a young age the three Dryopteris that Tom Stuart
feels it might be are quite distinct by the time there are fronds at least
an 1" long.   I find that Dryopteris dilatata and its cultivars,
carthusiana, camplyoptera and expansa are all serious self-sowers in my
greenhouses in other potted ferns and on the edges without ground cover.I
also find sporlings that elude classification and once one has perused
Henry's Potter's "Field Guide to the Hybrid Ferns of the North-east" the
possibilities are mind boggling with so many species jostling together in
such close confines.
Judith I. Jones
Judith@fancyfronds.com if you want to write me off-line

----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Shone" <greenlarry@ntlworld.com>
To: <ferns@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 8:33 AM
Subject: [ferns] Re: Name of this fern?


> Well, having looked through a book I have I believe it could be Broad
Buckler
> Fern (Dryopteris dilitata).
> I noticed last year it had indusae arranged in a way consistent with the
> arrangement adopted by this plant,(small circular dots)  and the pinnules
look
> similar, but it hasnt had a chance to get a decent size yet as it was
confined
> to a bonsai pot all last year. It must have blown in from a spore somehow
as
> it turned up quite unnanounced in that pot, and at first it looked cool as
an
> accent to the bonsai but it soon got too big, so I planted it out when it
came
> time to repot the bonsai.
> I then decided to pot the fern up in good soil so I could keep a close eye
on
> it and confirm its ID.
> It will be planted outside later on in the front garden which is north
facing
> and cooler.
> And yes I am in the UK-tho you probably guessed that by now ;)
>
> I'm a little confused by this statement:
> you have accomplished a first: no one else here has
> admitted liking any plant that is not a fern
>
> I find it hard to limit myself to one group of plants-I want to grow
> everything possible!;)
> Regards
> Larry
>
> BTW, I take it  one normally simply replies  to the emails thus posting
the
> reply up on hort.net,as I noticed no URLs in the email replies i get.
>
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